 The ordinary method of making a hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole of his foot.  The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield - Side 128av Edward Robins - 1898 - 277 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765 - 534 sider
...clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, " which rifes fo high, that there is often a great;*' er length from his chin to the top of his head, " than to the fole of his foot. One would be" lieve, that we thought a great man and a tall " man the fame thing.... | |
 | 1778 - 378 sider
...hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which riles fo very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the fole of his foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the fame thing. This... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 548 sider
...clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, " which rifes fo high, that there is often a great" er length from his chin to the top of his head, " than to the fole of his foot. One would be" lieve, that we thought a great man and a tall " man the fame thing.... | |
 | 1789 - 508 sider
...hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rifes fo very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the fole of his foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the fame thing. This... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 414 sider
...an hero is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rifes fo high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head than to the fole of his foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the fame thing. As... | |
 | 1804 - 676 sider
...lovers, is obliged to keep them at a certain distance ; Ji a siirh embarrasses the actor, who is foreed to hold his neck extremely stiff and steady all the...notwithstanding any anxieties which he pretends for bis mistress, his country, or his friends, one may sec by his action, that his greatest care and concern... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 sider
...hero, is to clap a hnge plume of feathers upon I". head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole of his foot. One would helieve, that we thonght a great man and a tall man the same thin* This very much emharrasses the actor,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 394 sider
...hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than te the sole of his foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the same thing.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 sider
...hero, is to clap a huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so veiy high, that there in often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the sole ofhis foot. One would believe, that we thought a great man and a tall man the same thing. This very... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 sider
...hero, is to clap an huge plume of feathers upon his head, which rises so very high, that there is often a greater length from his chin to the top of his head, than to the soal of his foot. One would bulieve that we thought a great man and a tall man the same thing. This... | |
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